C1🦉 Idioms0 learners studying this
“ang hindi magmahal sa sariling wika ay higit sa hayop at malansang isda”
Literally: “one who doesn't love their own language is worse than an animal and a smelly fish”
Means: whoever doesn't love their own language is worse than beasts and foul fish
Ito ang sikat na kasabihan ni Rizal.
This is Rizal's famous saying.
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